petticoat

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.

2. 2

   A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.

3. 3

   A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.

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   1. 4

      A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress

      A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.

   2. 5

      A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the…

      A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.

   3. 6

      A woman.

   4. 7

      A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive,…

      A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.

   5. 8

      To dress in a petticoat.

   6. 9

      Feminine

      Feminine; female; involving a woman.

      • petticoat influence
      • a petticoat affair
      • Phœb[us]. Know you the Reaſon of this preſent Summons? […] / Merc[ury]. And Venus may know more than both of us, / For 'tis ſome Petticoat Affair I gueſs.

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• synonymunderskirt